Keyword

ichthyosaurs

Description: Ichthyosaurs were extinct marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era and are studied in paleontology and evolutionary biology.

Primary topic: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (83%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q194515

OpenAlex ID: keywords/ichthyosaurs

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

1878 · Nature · 1,037

Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology

1985 · S. R. Petrocelli, Garry M Rand, et al. · 902

The illustrated encyclopedia of pterosaurs

1991 · Peter Wellnhofer · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 411

A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay.

1910 · Charles W. Andrews · Printed by order of the Trustees eBooks · 258

Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the J urassic– C retaceous transition

2013 · Roger B. J. Benson, Patrick S. Druckenmiller · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 249

Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: implications for method of predation

1988 · Judy A. Massare · Paleobiology · 239

Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia

1999 · Ryosuke Motani · Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 230

Exceptional vertebrate biotas from the Triassic of China, and the expansion of marine ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

2013 · Michael J. Benton, Qiyue Zhang, et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 211

Ancient Marine Reptiles

1998 · James M. Clark, J. M. Calloway, et al. · Copeia · 199

Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution, and phylogeny

2000 · P. Martin Sander · Paläontologische Zeitschrift · 175

Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates

2014 · N. Bardet, J. Falconnet, et al. · Gondwana Research · 174

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Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility

2016 · Valentin Fischer, Nathalie Bardet, et al. · Nature Communications · 165

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Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

2010 · Aurélien Bernard, Christophe Lécuyer, et al. · Science · 157

Extinction events among Mesozoic marine reptiles

1994 · Nathalie Bardet · Historical Biology · 157

Evolution of Fish-shaped Reptiles (reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) in Their Physical Environments and Constraints

2005 · Ryosuke Motani · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 155

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

2014 · Johan Lindgren, Peter Sjövall, et al. · Nature · 154

Large eyeballs in diving ichthyosaurs

1999 · Ryosuke Motani, Bruce M. Rothschild, et al. · Nature · 152

Biotic and environmental dynamics through the L ate J urassic– E arly C retaceous transition: evidence for protracted faunal and ecological turnover

2016 · Jonathan P. Tennant, Philip D. Mannion, et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 150

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Evolutionary Origins of Viviparity in the Reptilia. II. Serpentes, Amphisbaenia, and Ichthyosauria

1985 · Daniel G. Blackburn · Amphibia-Reptilia · 146

Uncovering the diversification history of marine tetrapods: ecology influences the effect of geological sampling biases

2011 · Roger B. J. Benson, Richard J. Butler · Geological Society London Special Publications · 143

Cretaceous marine reptiles of Australia: a review of taxonomy and distribution

2003 · Benjamin P. Kear · Cretaceous Research · 138

New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary

2012 · Valentin Fischer, Michael W. Maisch, et al. · PLoS ONE · 137

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Water reptiles of the past and present

1914 · Samuel W. Williston · 133

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Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British museum

2012 · Richard Owen · 132

Locomotion in the Biology of Large Aquatic Vertebrates

1990 · Paul W. Webb, Vivian De Buffrénil · Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · 130

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Works count: 2,178

Citation count: 23,820